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Theory of architecture

Paperback. Transparency and luminescence have re-emerged in the vocabulary of architecture, and light and "lightness" have become key concepts for a significant number of contemporary architects, as well as artists who create installations. Num Pages: 160 pages, 178 illustrations, 70 in colour. BIC Classification: AK; AMA; AMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 267 x 229 x 16. Weight in Grams: 800.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Museum of Modern Art United States
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9780870701290
ISBN
9780870701290
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 27.21

paperback. Num Pages: 239 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AMA; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 335.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
239
Condition
New
Edition
1st ed. 1989
SKU
V9781349196500
ISBN
9781349196500
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.17

Paperback. What kind of city was the Fascist 'third Rome'? Imagined and real, rooted in the past and announcing a new, 'revolutionary' future, Fascist Rome was imagined both as the ideal city and as the sacred centre of a universal political religion. Kallis explores this through a journey across the sites, monuments, and buildings of the fascist capital. Num Pages: 324 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AMA; HBJD; HBL; HBTB; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 433.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
324
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349329182
ISBN
9781349329182
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 182.64

Paperback. The story of how the concept of a pantheon, a building honouring great individuals, spread across Revolutionary Europe and interacted with socio-political and cultural changes. Analysing the canon and iconography of each pantheon, Bouwers shows how the commemoration of war and celebration of nationhood gave way to the protection of elite interests. Series: War, Culture and Society, 1750-1850. Num Pages: 340 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AB; AMA; HBJD; HBL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
340
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349333448
ISBN
9781349333448
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 67.43

Hardback. Series: The Digital Nineteenth Century. Num Pages: 119 pages, 21 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: AMA; DS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st ed. 2017
Number of pages
119
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349951949
ISBN
9781349951949
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 71.61

Hardcover. Num Pages: 504 pages, 367 photos, 99 plans & maps. BIC Classification: 1FKA; AMA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 260 x 243 x 53. Weight in Grams: 2624.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Mapin Publishing Gp Pty Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
V9781935677734
ISBN
9781935677734
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 84.94

Hardcover. The Neues Haus, the new building for the Munchner Kammerspiele, is not a big building in any sense. The most important quality of the design is in fact that it accepts the modesty of its role. The building subordinates itself to the main Kammerspiele building. This book features text in English and German. Series: OPUS. Num Pages: 56 pages, 54 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DD; 1DFG; AMA; AMB; AMGC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 306 x 289 x 13. Weight in Grams: 800.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Edition Axel Menges Germany
Edition
Bilingual
Number of pages
56
Condition
New
SKU
V9783930698431
ISBN
9783930698431
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 27.27

Paperback. Includes buildings that extend from the first examples of Australian architecture by convict architect Francis Greenway to the works by rising generation. This title covers many buildings by such famous architects as Walter Burley Griffin, Harry Seidler, Jorn Utzon, John Andrews, Philip Cox and Glenn Murcutt. Illustrator(s): Gragnato, Siegfried J. Editor(s): MacMahon, Bill. Num Pages: 256 pages, 455 illus. BIC Classification: 1MBFN; AMA; WTH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 223 x 163 x 14. Weight in Grams: 638.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Edition Axel Menges Germany
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9783930698905
ISBN
9783930698905
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 23.82

Hardcover. The Villa Lante in Bagnaia near Viterbo is outstanding among 16th-century Italian gardens. It is not particularly large, but it is the undisputed highlight of this epoch, the heyday of Italian horticulture. This monograph attempts to establish what triggers the intense sense of beauty with which visitors to the gardens are confronted. Num Pages: 512 pages, 180 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; AMA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 289 x 228 x 49. Weight in Grams: 2264.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Edition Axel Menges Germany
Number of pages
512
Condition
New
SKU
V9783932565052
ISBN
9783932565052
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 81.04
€ 66.64

Hardback. In this text, one of today's foremost art historians and critics presents an original view of architecture and the city through the twin lenses of cultural theory and psychoanalysis. Translator(s): Goodman, John. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present Series. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: AMA; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 18. Weight in Grams: 332.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804732451
ISBN
9780804732451
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 122.31

Paperback. Editor(s): Konrad, Buhagiar; Dreyfuss Guillaume. Num Pages: 192 pages, 60 illustrations. BIC Classification: AMA; AMX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 155. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Black Dog Publishing London UK United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9781907317187
ISBN
9781907317187
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 28.55

Paperback / so. Num Pages: 152 pages, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: AMA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Weight in Grams: 286.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Birkhauser United States
Number of pages
152
Condition
New
SKU
V9783990435182
ISBN
9783990435182
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.00
€ 36.65

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Netherlands Architecture Institute (NAi Uitgevers/Publishers) Netherlands
Edition
Bilingual
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
SKU
V9789462081079
ISBN
9789462081079
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 39.30

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Lars Muller Publishers Switzerland
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9783037783450
ISBN
9783037783450
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 19.72

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Birkhäuser Architecture
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9783764386641
ISBN
9783764386641
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 23.17

Paperback. Editor(s): Buhagiar, Konrad; Dreyfuss, Guillame; Bruenslow, Jens. Num Pages: 192 pages, 60 illustrations. BIC Classification: AMA; AMX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 155 x 38. Weight in Grams: 850.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Black Dog Publishing London UK United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9781907317170
ISBN
9781907317170
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 15.68

Paperback. As the subject of earnest discussion, the meaning of space reaches far beyond the horizon of a single discipline. This book assembles a collection of international contributions to create an inspiring expansion of the contemporary discourse on space. Editor(s): Feireiss, Lukas. Num Pages: 192 pages, 50 black & white illustrations, 50 schw.-w. Abb. BIC Classification: AMA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 131 x 190 x 10. Weight in Grams: 232.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
AMBRA
Condition
New
SKU
V9783990435632
ISBN
9783990435632
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 35.96

Hardcover. In 2000, the Autostadt, a show park for the Volkswagen group, opened in Wolfsburg. Alfredo Arribas designed the Seat Pavilion, and has brought off the brilliant trick of making an essentially reticent building into the focal point of the Autostadt. This book features text in English and Spanish. Series: OPUS. Num Pages: 52 pages, 58 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DD; 1DFG; AMA; AMB; AMG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 305 x 288 x 13. Weight in Grams: 752.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Edition Axel Menges Germany
Edition
Bilingual
Number of pages
52
Condition
New
SKU
V9783930698448
ISBN
9783930698448
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 23.82

Hardcover. The building has been totally restored for the 125th anniversary of the Museum's opening in 1876. Containing text in English and German, this book aims to reveal the various historic layers of this building. Series: OPUS. Num Pages: 72 pages, 65 illus. BIC Classification: 1DD; 1DFG; AMA; AMB; AMG; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 305 x 285 x 12. Weight in Grams: 892.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Edition Axel Menges Germany
Number of pages
72
Condition
New
SKU
V9783930698455
ISBN
9783930698455
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 24.18

Hardcover. Known as the 'Big Eye', the Oita Stadium was one of the chosen venues for the World Cup in 2002. The whole site covers an area of 225 ha and has several facilities outside the main football stadium. The main stadium features an open track for athletic events as well as the football pitch. Num Pages: 44 pages, 60 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; AMA; AMB; AMGC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 306 x 288 x 11. Weight in Grams: 688.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Edition Axel Menges Germany
Number of pages
44
Condition
New
SKU
V9783930698462
ISBN
9783930698462
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 22.10

Hardcover. A yawning gap between two 1960s buildings. Not at all unusual in Cologne. A gap between two buildings, 2,56 m wide and 33 m long. Scarcely wide enough to park a few bicycles. This gap has been used as an office by an advertising agency since early 1999. This book records the whole project and provided an interpretation of the work. Editor(s): Rendel, Martin. Num Pages: 96 pages, 45 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; AMA; AMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 173 x 213 x 18. Weight in Grams: 372.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Edition Axel Menges Germany
Edition
Bilingual
Number of pages
96
Condition
New
SKU
V9783932565229
ISBN
9783932565229
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 13.49

Hardcover. As in 2001, during the 2002 Cologne International Furniture Fair, three internationally known designers squeezed themselves into the town's best known building between buildings. There they presented their ideas on the subject of 'expanding the gap'. From Tokyo came the idea of expanding the exhibition space with an installation to make it snow. Editor(s): Rendel, Martin; Spitz, Rene. Num Pages: 112 pages, 45 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; AMA; AMB; AMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 213 x 150 x 18. Weight in Grams: 362.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Edition Axel Menges Germany
Edition
Bilingual
Number of pages
112
Condition
New
SKU
V9783932565281
ISBN
9783932565281
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.32

Hardcover. Num Pages: 307 pages. BIC Classification: AMA; TBD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 268 x 215 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1324.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Aalborg University Press
Edition
Bilingual
Condition
New
SKU
V9788771122237
ISBN
9788771122237
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 48.99
€ 35.02

paperback. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: AMA; AMX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 252 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1450.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Thames & Hudson
Condition
New
SKU
KMK0021470
ISBN
9789491727986
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.00

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